Definition of swallow

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Swallow (n.) Any one of numerous species of swifts which resemble the true swallows in form and habits, as the common American chimney swallow, or swift..

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Republican :: Republican (n.) The American cliff swallow. The cliff swallows build their nests side by side, many together..
Swallowtail :: Swallowtail (n.) A species of willow.
Gulp :: Gulp (n.) The act of taking a large mouthful; a swallow, or as much as is awallowed at once..
Merge :: Merge (v. t.) To cause to be swallowed up; to immerse; to sink; to absorb.
Swallowtail :: Swallowtail (n.) A kind of tenon or tongue used in making joints. See Dovetail.
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To seize and waste; to exhaust; to consume.
Pill :: Pill (n.) A medicine in the form of a little ball, or small round mass, to be swallowed whole..
Trichina :: Trichina (n.) A small, slender nematoid worm (Trichina spiralis) which, in the larval state, is parasitic, often in immense numbers, in the voluntary muscles of man, the hog, and many other animals. When insufficiently cooked meat containing the larvae is swallowed by man, they are liberated and rapidly become adult, pair, and the ovoviviparous females produce in a short time large numbers of young which find their way into the muscles, either directly, or indirectly by means of the blood. Their
Swallowtail :: Swallowfish (n.) The European sapphirine gurnard (Trigla hirundo). It has large pectoral fins.
Swift :: Swift (n.) Any one of numerous species of small, long-winged, insectivorous birds of the family Micropodidae. In form and habits the swifts resemble swallows, but they are destitute of complex vocal muscles and are not singing birds, but belong to a widely different group allied to the humming birds..
Sea Swallow :: Sea swallow () The gannet.
Drink :: Drink (v. t.) To swallow (a liquid); to receive, as a fluid, into the stomach; to imbibe; as, to drink milk or water..
Absorbing :: Absorbing (a.) Swallowing, engrossing; as, an absorbing pursuit..
Engulfment :: Engulfment (n.) A swallowing up as if in a gulf.
Hirundine :: Hirundine (a.) Like or pertaining to the swallows.
Swallow :: Swallow (v. i.) To perform the act of swallowing; as, his cold is so severe he is unable to swallow..
Swallowfish :: Swallower (n.) One who swallows; also, a glutton..
Gobbet :: Gobbet (v. t.) To swallow greedily; to swallow in gobbets.
Take :: Take (v. t.) To receive as something to be eaten or dronk; to partake of; to swallow; as, to take food or wine..
Ruminate :: Ruminate (v. i.) To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly chewed and swallowed.
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